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Iran condemns

Israeli raids

NICOSIA: Iran on Friday condemned Israeli attacks on Lebanon as a "terrorist act", calling on Arab states to take a stand against the Jewish state.

Foreign ministry spokesman Mahmoud Mohammadi described Thursday's attacks as "a terrorist act that betrayed the true nature of the Zionist regime (Israel)", the official Iranian News Agency (IRNA) quoted him as saying.

Mohammadi called on "certain Arab governments that have thus far condoned such acts" to condemn the raids "and thereby make it impossible for the Zionist regime to continue its criminal perpetrations", the agency said.-Reuter